Madrid, April 20 (EFE) .- The state attorney general, Consuelo Madrigal, today signed the decree which gives the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor competition for further investigate the former vice president Rodrigo Rato government for fraud, money laundering and concealment of assets.
Tax Sources have reported that the decision Madrigal follow the criteria established in Circular 4/2006, and assumes Anticorruption will remain with the investigation that led to now the Office of Madrid and went to the Court of Instruction No. 31 of Madrid.
The Special Prosecutor asked last Friday the competence to undertake this investigation, initiated following a complaint from the Inland Revenue, understand that there is a “connection” between these facts and others already investigated in relation to the former Minister of Economy.
It was the prosecution of Madrid which filed last Thursday It complaint for fraud, money laundering and concealment of assets, which led to the records that were performed that day and Friday at home and in the office of Rato.
However, it was another judge of Madrid, number 35, acting as guard, who agreed to urgently entry and the arrest of former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which witnessed stopped recording his office, which lasted for four hours.
Also, the same judge ordered the immediate blocking of all current accounts, deposits, loan funds and ownership on behalf of the former vice president of government Rodrigo Rato, and companies related to it, also claiming historical information about the movements.
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